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Mia Sato
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reporter at @theverge.com, and things of that nature. i cover social media/tech companies and life online. contact me securely on signal: @miasato.11.
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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · Jul 22
New from me: The internet is built on sameness. People hawk the same stuff, use the same music, write the same SEO articles. Now the aesthetics and modes of the web have escape into the real world.

If you thought your feeds were derivative, wait until you see dupes:
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
How dupes turned online shopping upside down
Getting copied is devastating — but not necessarily illegal. Who owns what in an era of unprecedented mass consumption?
www.theverge.com
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Great story and also the recipe sites vs robots thing has been happening for years, except in the age of SEO it was humans trying to get robots’ attention, sometimes at the expense of accuracy. Another example is the “don’t smash a burger to hold in the juices” myth

www.theverge.com/c/23998379/g...
But in order to be helpful to readers, website operators need people to visit their site in the first place. Fine-tuning content to match exact search terms is a common strategy that can entice users to click on a page that looks like it will answer their question. That doesn’t guarantee content will be better or even good — and sometimes, how users search can create an echo chamber of errors, oft-repeated misinformation, or poorly researched content. One instance of errors multiplying sticks out to Bromilow, the food writer. For a while, he says that Google was returning a litany of incorrect information about Ethiopian cardamom, or korarima. Though black cardamom and korarima look similar, their flavors are not. Websites and writers — and by extension, Google results — were confusing the ingredients. At one point, Bromilow says the first picture on Google Images was of the wrong plant “If people are searching the wrong thing because that’s what they’ve been given, how do you return a result to them that explains that they’re incorrect, while also being found by them?” Bromilow says. “You don’t want to reinforce the mistake, right? It’s really weird and complicated.” That Ethiopian recipes are being translated from Amharic to English also brings a host of problems: how should Bromilow spell the names of dishes? Should he use whatever spelling people are searching for the most? A post on savory pancakes sums it up, in which the Canadian Bromilow explains why he’s opted to omit the “u” in savoury: “The choice, while it breaks my maple-syrup filled heart, is obvious — savory is searched for more often, and using that spelling is more likely to [get] a recipe noticed by the all-powerful and oft-mysterious search engine algorithms.”
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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djbyrnes1.bsky.social
Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.

They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.

More updates TK.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
miasato.bsky.social
ohtani’s thank you fans post just scared the shit out of me tbh
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
Leading Autism and Disability Organizations Statement on CDC's Vaccines and Autism Page
As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of autistic individuals and partners across the disability and public health sectors, we are deeply disappointed by the latest update to...
autisticadvocacy.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
miasato.bsky.social
Men are not lonely enough 2.0
Several comments on my Instagram posts by the same user @filter.less calling me “piggy” and telling me I look bad 😍
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
miasato.bsky.social
Me in a podcast for my job on a topic I’m knowledgeable about: Black internet users created important culture in this space and we should acknowledge that

A random man in the comments:
filter.less on Instagram: Times were better when they were in chains and sold for a few bucks. filter.less on Instagram: Normal obese pig, that's mumbled some crap and the so-called cool criminal race picked it up.
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
miasato.bsky.social
The Verge’s new podcast is just an excuse to rewatch iconic Vines and intellectualize them. An era where you could make a funny joke online and get invited to be on Ellen. Had so much fun doing this!

youtu.be/ZUHNcsfag9Y
Vine walked so TikTok could run | Version History
YouTube video by The Verge
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November 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
miasato.bsky.social
Waking up to “Drink from me Love”
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
miasato.bsky.social
Whoever said that Trump looks like a Make A Wish kid meeting Zohran nailed it
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
miasato.bsky.social
Bill Ackman come online please i want to read your Posts
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
miasato.bsky.social
people underestimate how much men love other men
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
miasato.bsky.social
ok and there should also be a dress code that you can’t have that many buttons undone on your dress shirt on national TV
factpostnews.bsky.social FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 5d
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:

"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
miasato.bsky.social
I need Lina Khan to do something about the fact that a box of Cheez Its is $7 in my local NYC grocery store
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."

www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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espeon420.smokes.lol
me in my enclosure
A horseshoe crab playing a Nintendo 3ds XL
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
miasato.bsky.social
people aren't going to like this take but content of the song aside, the jailbait song's production is kind of good
November 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
miasato.bsky.social
“ok but what would you do if your favorite celebrity was in the epstein files?”

I’M NOT WORRIED!
Monchhichi doll
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
miasato.bsky.social
One Marty Supreme Subplot After Another
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
miasato.bsky.social
Oh that’s not-
axios.com Axios @axios.com · 6d
Coinbase donated to Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project as an appeal to the administration, Emilie Choi, the cryptocurrency exchange's president and COO, said at Axios' BFD event today.
Exclusive: Coinbase explains donation to Trump's ballroom
Tech firms like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia also donated to Trump's ballroom fund.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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lebassett.bsky.social
A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7d
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
miasato.bsky.social
Blake Lively in Gossip Girl meme where she looks at her phone and throws it in the trash after seeing Ryan Lizza’s blog post about finding out about Olivia Nuzzi’s other alleged affair NOT with RFK Jr.
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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miasato.bsky.social
New from me: The same tactics marketers use to get you to find their toothbrushes or photography business on Google were also used by Jeffrey Epstein & co. to try to launder his reputation online. SEO to try to cover up the most infamous pedophile ring.

www.theverge.com/report/82231...
How Jeffrey Epstein used SEO to bury news about his crimes
“the google page is not good,” Epstein wrote
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
miasato.bsky.social
i need a food writer to go undercover at the rich person grocery store, meadow lane, that is apparently serving raw chicken tenders www.vogue.com/article/we-v...
We Visited Tribeca’s Most Anticipated Gourmet Grocery Store, Meadow Lane—Here’s What You Need to Know
Two Gen Z Vogue editors make a beeline for New york’s buzziest new grocery store—and share their thoughts.
www.vogue.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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theverge.com
One point in the documents that stuck out to Rand Fishkin, a longtime SEO consultant, were claims of manipulating Epstein’s Wikipedia page.

Read more from @miasato.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/report/82231...
In the December 2010 email, Seckel claimed an “important victory” on Wikipedia: “The head lines do not mention convicted sex offender or pedophile. Instead, Philanthrophic work, Epstein Foundation, Promotion of Scientists,” he wrote, possibly referring to Wikipedia section headers on Epstein’s page. “We hacked the site to replace the mug shot and caption, and now has an entirely different photo and caption. This was a big success.” It’s not clear what Seckel meant by “hacked,” but Fishkin theorizes that Epstein’s associates may have had connections to Wikipedia editors, perhaps paying them to edit his page.
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM